{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Defendant uplifts",
  "text": "(1) The defendant uplift payable to a litigator is calculated in accordance with the table following this paragraph.\n(2) Only one defendant uplift is payable in each case.\n(3) In the table following this paragraph, the total fee means—\n(a) in a cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence does not exceed the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1), the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 6(2);\n(b) in a trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence does not exceed the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2), the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 7(2) plus the length of trial proxy specified in the table following paragraph 7(3);\n(c) in a cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1), the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(2); and\n(d) in a trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2), the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 9(2);\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) ...\nDefendant uplifts\nTotal number of defendants represented by litigator\nPercentage uplift to total fee\n2-4\n20%\n5+\n30%",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 12(3)(e) omitted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 8 (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1)) (which affecting provision is amended so that the increases to certain fees apply to a wider range of cases (23.12.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1267), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 12(4) omitted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 9 (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1)) (which affecting provision is amended so that the increases to certain fees apply to a wider range of cases (23.12.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1267), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/435/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:58.309346+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}